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Pierson Ferdinand Expands IP Bench With Boutique Atty
Pierson Ferdinand LLP has brought on a former Brooks Kushman PC intellectual property shareholder, strengthening its IP department with an attorney who brings over two decades of IP experience, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Fla. Law Firm Says Paralegal Stole Its Trade Secrets
A law firm in Miami is suing a former paralegal in Florida state court, saying she misappropriated trade secrets and stole thousands of attorney-client records following a negative performance review.
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NJ Anti-SLAPP Fee Shift Applies In Federal Court, Judge Says
A New Jersey federal judge held that the Garden State anti-SLAPP law's fee-shifting provision applies in federal court, ruling that a blogger sued for defamation by the CEO of a company that helps retiring athletes find new careers can recover attorney fees and costs if he can successfully dismiss the complaint.
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Ga. Judges Dubious Of Path To Atty Fees In Crash Injury Case
A Georgia appellate panel seemed to doubt Wednesday an injured driver's claims that he could recover attorney fees from Allstate Insurance Co. after the insurer rejected a settlement offer prior to a $1.5 million verdict in the driver's favor, suggesting he'd have to pursue a separate suit to recover his expenses.
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Ex-Equity Partner In Firm Gets Redo Of Workers' Comp Award
The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Wednesday ordered the state's Industrial Commission to recalculate the amount of workers' compensation owed to a former Cranfill Sumner LLP partner, finding his equity stake in the law firm is a contractual benefit that doesn't offset the amount he's owed.
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NJ Firm Stark & Stark Partners With Anytime AI
Anytime AI, a startup offering a legal assistant powered by artificial intelligence, recently announced a new strategic partnership with New Jersey-based Stark & Stark PC that will see the law firm adopt the latest version of its automated litigation workflow platform.
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The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2024
Want to know which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates to BigLaw? How big a slice are landing those prized clerkships in federal or state courts? Explore the ins and outs of law school graduate placement in our interactive graphic.
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BigLaw Dreams? These Schools Can Make Them Real
More law school students are finding that a position at a law firm is their preferred landing place after graduation. Here's a look at the choices students are making and the schools that are sending the highest percentage of their students directly to BigLaw.
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The Top Law Schools For Legal Industry Jobs: A Data Review
A law degree opens up a range of job opportunities, in private law firms, government, business and beyond, the ABA's data shows. Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in BigLaw, federal and state court clerkships, public interest and more.
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Sorrels Law Adds Commercial Litigation Head In Houston
Sorrels Law's new head of commercial litigation formerly served as managing partner of Stacy & Baker PC, a Houston-area litigation boutique that closed its doors this month.
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T-Mobile Attys Get $2.9M In Fees In Arbitration Award Suit
A mobile phone dealer that accused T-Mobile of tricking it into "false and oppressive" service agreements is on the hook for $2.9 million of the mobile titan's attorney fees after an Ohio federal judge refused to vacate the arbitration award that directed Preferred Wireless to pay up.
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Reed Smith Must Turn Over Docs In $102M Fraud Fight
A New York federal judge on Tuesday determined that since enough evidence existed to show international shipping group Eletson Holdings may have committed fraud in an arbitration over a deal with another entity, Levona Holdings Ltd., the Reed Smith LLP attorneys who represented Eletson at the arbitration must hand over related documents.
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4th Circ. Affirms Win For Ariz. Law Firm In 'Sham' TCPA Suit
The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a lower court's decision to vacate a $2 million jury award against a Phoenix-based law firm, saying the dozens of Telephone Consumer Protection Act cases the firm brought against a student loan servicer shouldn't be considered "sham litigation" as the jury initially held.
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Moye White Lease Default Left 'Shock', 'Uncertainty,' Co. Says
A Denver landlord fought back against counterclaims lodged by defunct law firm Moye White LLP in Colorado state court, arguing that the firm wasn't wrongfully evicted from its Denver office space and willingly left the property.
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National Security Atty Who Lost Clearance Sues Trump Admin
National security whistleblower lawyer Mark S. Zaid alleged in a suit this week that Donald Trump's administration stripped his security clearance as an act of political retaliation, and Zaid is backed by a big legal team that includes a new law firm that specializes in defending people in similar situations.
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Boies Schiller Can't Push Guo Clawback Bid To District Court
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP cannot move to federal district court a $654,000 adversary proceeding in Chinese exile Miles Guo's Connecticut bankruptcy, according to a district court judge's ruling that said it would be more efficient to keep the dispute in bankruptcy court, at least for now.
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Jay-Z Claims Atty Buzbee's Conspiracy Extends To NY Lawyer
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter expanded his malicious prosecution claims against attorney Tony Buzbee over a rape suit that has since been dropped to also target a New York personal injury lawyer over what the music mogul alleged was a conspiracy to coerce him into paying off their client.
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McCarter & English Pushes To End Ex-Atty's Firing Suit
McCarter & English LLP has urged a New Jersey state court to toss an anti-veteran discrimination suit from a former firm attorney and Navy SEAL this week, arguing the lawyer is unsuccessfully trying to pivot off failed claims from his original complaint in later filings.
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Firms Beat Malpractice Suit Over Chicken Plant Pollution
Delaware's Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a trial court's dismissal of a malpractice suit against Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC and Schochor Staton Goldberg & Cardea PA for their alleged mishandling of claims associated with a child's "catastrophic injuries" purportedly caused by contamination from a chicken plant.
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Former U.S. Atty Joins Fredrikson & Byron In North Dakota
Fredrikson & Byron PA announced that a former North Dakota U.S. attorney who has also served multiple terms in the state's senate has joined the firm's office in Fargo as an officer in its litigation group.
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Dorsey & Whitney Adds Epstein Becker Trial Pro In Dallas
Dorsey & Whitney LLP has brought on a partner in Dallas from Epstein Becker & Green PC who will lead the firm's trial practice group.
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Atty's Derisive Comments Warrant New Trial, NJ Panel Says
A New Jersey appellate panel on Monday said that an attorney's comments during her opening and closing arguments in a trial over a real estate transaction gone wrong went way too far, vacating a jury's $420,000 verdict in favor of her clients.
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Relatives Shut Out Of Funds From BigLaw Atty's Slain Wife
A Georgia state court judge said Tuesday that a prominent former Fisher Phillips attorney who fatally shot his wife could direct the proceeds of a wrongful death settlement to her godson and his family, beating back a "next of kin" claim to the funds from his wife's myriad cousins.
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Ex-Conrail CEO Says Saul Ewing Malpractice Suit Timely
Former Conrail CEO David LeVan has asked a Philadelphia judge to reject Saul Ewing LLP's argument that his legal malpractice lawsuit against the firm should be deemed untimely, arguing his case over the firm's handling of legal issues stemming from a failed Gettysburg casino project was subject to a tolling agreement.
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Freeman Mathis Adds Litigation Trio From Fla. Boutique
Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP announced Tuesday that it has added three attorneys to its Miami shop from Gaebe Mullen Antonelli & DiMatteo as part of an ongoing effort to expand in the state.